That's your point of view.
Because if you follow the EMLG and closely, you will see that is not necessary to compete to be smart :-D The BPs are not compete , they collaborate, that's a big difference !
EOS is really the first blockchain with a heart. EOS can mean also "Everyone's Open Society". EOS.IO software will retain 21 but a BP has interest to be in good contact with another BP for the network sustain, for the community satisfaction. That's that ... also ... DPOS
RE: Call for steem seed nodes!